Building vs Buying your own house

It’s funny how real estate offices rarely call themselves used home dealers, even though that’s their primary line of business. Most agents don’t focus on land, unless they are primarily in business of selling farms and hunting camps, land is usually a second thought to the house itself.

Yet, I do get the advantage of buying a used house. It is already permitted, the materials have been used and can be usually purchased at a lower cost. Used houses have older materials which sometimes can be of higher quality then modern materials. Indeed, many of the properties I look at are pre-built cabins on land, because especially off-grid without many amenities, they can be very affordable in rural areas, especially in more relaxed states when it comes to gun ownership, livestock and open burning.